SENSOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, SENSOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20080243440A1
• Filed: 03/17/2008
• Published: 10/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Watanabe, Satoru, Yasaki, Masatomo, Uyama, Masashi, Mitsuoka, Madoka, MATSUMOTO, Yasuhide, Oda, Mitsuru
• Granted Patent: US 8,495,188 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/188
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25129 Programming a multitasking, virtual sensor network shared by various users
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/50 Network service management, e.g. ensuring proper service fulfilment according to agreements

Abstract

A sensor information management system is connected to a network including a plurality of sensors and a computer including a service providing unit for providing services using data presented by at least one of the plurality of sensors. The sensor information management system includes: a sensor profile information record unit for recording sensor profile information; a sensor request information record unit for recording sensor request information; a scenario record unit for recording scenario data; a scenario generation unit for determining an operation for allowing the sensor, and recording the scenario data including the operation; and a scenario management unit for generating a control signal for allowing each sensor and transmitting the generated signal to the each sensor.

Claims

1. A sensor information management system connected to a network including a plurality of sensors and a computer having a service providing unit for providing services using data presented by at least one of the plurality of sensors, comprising:

a sensor profile information record unit for recording sensor profile information representing for each of the predetermined items the information about each of the plurality of sensors;

a sensor request information record unit for recording sensor request information representing for each of the predetermined items, the sensor request information including data requested from the service providing unit to a sensor to offer the service;

a scenario record unit for recording scenario data representing the operation of at least a part of the plurality of sensors;

a retrieval unit for extracting data representing a set of a service and a sensor for presenting the data requested to offer the service by comparing at least a part of the items of the sensor profile information recorded in the sensor profile information record unit with a corresponding item of the sensor request information recorded in the sensor request information record unit;

a scenario generation unit for determining an operation for allowing the sensor to present the data requested to offer the service with respect to the set of the service and the sensor represented by the data extracted by the retrieval unit based on the sensor profile information and the sensor request information, and recording the scenario data including the operation for representing the operation of the sensor in the scenario record unit; and

a scenario management unit for generating a control signal for allowing each sensor to perform the operation of each sensor represented by the scenario data recorded in the scenario record unit, and transmitting the generated signal to the each sensor.

2. The sensor information management system according to claim 1, wherein:

an item of the sensor profile information comprises at least one of pieces of the information relating to a site of a sensor, a time in which the sensor can be used, and data provided by the sensor;

an item of the sensor request information comprises at least one of pieces of the information relating to a site of a sensor, a time in which the sensor is to be used, data to be acquired from the sensor;

the retrieval unit extracts a set of the sensor and the service by comparing relating to at least one piece of information between a site of a sensor of the sensor profile information and a site of a sensor of the sensor request information, between a time in which the sensor of the sensor profile information and a time in which the sensor of the sensor request information is to be used, and between information about data provided by the sensor of the sensor profile information and information about data provided by the sensor of the sensor request information.

3. The sensor information management system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a data conversion unit for converting data provided by the sensor into data requested by the service with respect to the set of the service and the sensor extracted by the retrieval unit, wherein

an item of the sensor profile information is the information about the data provided by the sensor;

an item of the sensor request information includes the information about data to be acquired from the sensor; and

the scenario generation unit includes the data indicating in the scenario data an operation of converting the data provided by the sensor into the data requested by the service as data indicating the operation of the data conversion unit, and records the result in the scenario record unit when the data provided by the sensor indicating the sensor profile information does not match the data to be acquired from the sensor indicated by the sensor request information with respect to the set of the service and the sensor extracted by the retrieval unit.

4. A sensor information management method executed by a computer communicating with another computer including a plurality of sensors and a service providing unit for providing services using data presented by at least one of the plurality of sensors, comprising:

recording in a sensor profile information record unit the information about each of the plurality of sensors as sensor profile information representing each of the predetermined items;

recording in a request information record unit the information about data requested from the service providing unit to the sensor, as sensor request information representing each of the predetermined items, to offer the service;

recording in a scenario record unit the scenario data indicating the operation of at least a part of the plurality of sensors;

extracting data indicating a set of a service and a sensor for providing data requested to provide the service by comparing at least a part of items of the sensor profile information recorded in the sensor profile information record unit with a corresponding item in the sensor request information recorded in the sensor request information record unit;

determining an operation of the sensor providing data requested to offer the service with respect to the set of the service and the sensor indicated by the extracted data based on the sensor profile information and the sensor request information;

recording in the scenario record unit the determined operation of the sensor included in the scenario data; and

generating a control signal for allowing each of the sensors to perform an operation of each sensor indicated by the scenario data recorded in the scenario record unit, and transmitting the control signal to each sensor.

5. A computer-readable storage medium storing an information management program for causing a computer to communicate with another computer including a plurality of sensors and a service providing unit for providing services using data presented by at least one of the plurality of sensors, the program causing the computer to perform the process comprising:

recording in a sensor profile information record unit the information about each of the plurality of sensors as sensor profile information representing each of the predetermined items;

recording in a sensor request information record unit the information about data requested from the service providing unit to the sensor, as sensor request information representing each of the predetermined items, to offer the service;

recording in a scenario record unit the scenario data indicating the operation of at least a part of the plurality of sensors;

extracting data indicating a set of a service and a sensor for providing data requested to provide the service by comparing at least a part of items of the sensor profile information recorded in the sensor profile information record unit with a corresponding item in the sensor request information recorded in the sensor request information record unit;

determining an operation of the sensor providing data requested to offer the service with respect to the set of the service and the sensor indicated by the extracted data based on the sensor profile information and the sensor request information, and recording in the scenario record unit the determined operation of the sensor included in the scenario data; and

generating a control signal for allowing each of the sensors to perform an operation of each sensor indicated by the scenario data recorded in the scenario record unit, and transmitting the control signal to each sensor